House updates

My aunt's report, from Friday:

Today for lunch, Jen, Dan, David, John and I had penne with
Italian sausage and salad.

Today Dave and Dan put sonapan and drywall in Jen's bathroom and they went
to Rona in the Ladykiller for drywall and safe 'n sound.

Jen put in some more safe 'n sound, and Jen and William did the drywall
ceiling in the front hall and Jen's front room.

John wired and bought beer.
Cheers, Helen

Jen's report, from the weekend:

On Saturday, Dave and Dan struggled to make reality fit their
measurements but finally succeeded in drywalling the ceiling of Jennifer?s
bathroom. Robin and Jen also wrestled with three stupid dimensions and
put vapour barrier on the ceiling of Robin?s 3rd floor bathroom until the
tuck tape ran out. If you look at that ceiling, try not to laugh. Lunch
was at Lion on the Beach (cheeseburger, steak sandwich, blt and club
sandwich.)

On Sunday, John wired and Jen moved stuff around. Then they went to Rona!

To which I added:

I'm sure the bathroom ceiling is at least three and a half
dimensions. Maybe three and three-quarters. In fact, it may well be that
the vapour barrier and the various elements of the ceiling actually exist
in separate and only occasionally intersecting universes. That would
explain a LOT.

On Sunday Robin showed Heidi-from-Calgary around the House. She was very
impressed and thinks it's going to be wonderful. Also, we saw a cardinal
in the tree out back.

And Robin mooched off John and Helen for most of the weekend, because she
is A Orphan.

Jen also informed us last night that the project is officially out of
money. It's a strangely liberating feeling. Then she drove me home and we
agreed that we just want to live there, dammit:

JEN: I want to sleep in my bed!
ROBIN: Oh God, me too.
JEN: I bought a new bed six months ago! I haven't had a chance to sleep in
it!
ROBIN: Yeah, actually, you have a lot of very nice furniture that you've
never used.
JEN: In fact, I want to sleep in A bed! I've been sleeping on the couch
for six months!
ROBIN(trying gamely): I've been sleeping in the single bed that I had when
I was eight.
JEN: But it's a bed!
ROBIN: ...true.
JEN: You know that house we looked at? That was kind of weird and didn't
have a garden of any kind, and there was a strange man living in the
basement with a couch and a stove and a wife-beater and that was about it?
I think about him. A lot. I worry that I'm turning into him.
ROBIN: (is laughing too hard to speak at this point)
JEN: BED! BED BED BED BED BED!

House update: Monday

My aunt reports:

Today for lunch John and I had fish and chips with tartar
sauce.

This morning John wired in Jen's kitchen and William worked on skim
coating in Jen's bedroom.

Robin will be joining the crew tomorrow to help with drywall, relieving
Jen's shift. William will focus on skim coating and mudding.

John is off to Rona -- again (I still can't believe their share price is
falling!!) for more drywall. (Yesterday they bought metal strapping and
safe 'n sound.)*
Cheers, Helen

*And tuck tape!

I may stay over chez aunt & uncle's tonight, to be closer to my new task.

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Holy crap, I think my feature article has actually come together at last (three and a half days late if you count the weekend, but who cares for that?). Marvellous.

Just printed it out to see if it's true.